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How SKIA stacks up to other industrial areas

How does the South Kitsap Industrial Area stack up with other
industrial areas in Puget Sound? On the smaller side, far less
developed side, I’d say. As you may know, SKIA consists of the
Olympic View Industrial and Business Parks on the west side of
Highway 3, Bremerton National Airport, and the vast mostly
undeveloped area east of the runway. SKIA covers 3,690 acres and
has 39 firms in it for about 1,000 jobs, according to the Puget
Sound Regional Council.

PSRC compared it to the seven other designated industrial areas
that include Ballard/Interbay, Duwamish, Frederickson, Kent, North
Tukwila, Paine Field/Boeing and the Port of Tacoma.

It found that SKIA has more acreage than the average of the
eight, which was 3,178 acres. It had far fewer jobs than the
average, which was 20,309, far fewer firms present in it (average
was 557), and far fewer parcels. SKIA has 148 parcels and the
average is 593 parcels.

Which I suppose means room to grow. It’s kind of an unfair
comparison. Some of these industrial areas are as old as Seattle.
SKIA’s still new, though there’s been little interest in it by
potential businesses to date.